Despite this however, taking to its Facebook page, the file-sharing giant said that as of February 29th, torrents would be offered in a different form to make them harder to track.

As we've said before, the 29th of February is the last day we offer torrents in it's current form,” read a statement from The Pirate Bay.

Then it will be all magnets, which works pretty much the same. Please understand that it's a necessary move in the saga known as The Pirate Bay. Not having torrents will be a bit cheaper for us but it will also make it harder for our common enemies to stop us.”